Through a combination of persistence and good luck I was able to have dinner with George David, Chairman of the Board for UTC (Carrier corporations parent company) on Tuesday night. As a bonus Mr. David brought a number of high placed executives including the President of Carrier's European operations, with whom I was able to speak extensively.
The most surprising part of the evening was the executives willingness to hand out their business cards. During my time at Oxford I have met a few high placed executives. These executives are invariably nice, but I have never seen them pass out their contact information. I was even more surprised to find that when I emailed the Chairman and another executive I got a response from a real person.
I am cautiously optimistic that these contacts may lead to a job
If you are wondering, Mr. David believes the severity of the financial crisis is overblown by the media. Check out the chairman's speech on the UTC homepage at the link below.
http://www.utc.com/utc/News/News_Details/StaticFile/2009-01-27_oxford_presentation.pdf
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I am happy to know that you had the opportunity to charm and wow the exec's. We continue to be proud of your successes.
That's awesome!I'm sure good things (local)will come out of it!
Uncle Carl agrees with Mr. Davis he also wants me to let you know "He told you so."
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